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Paul Gillis

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I noticed this on my boys leg. Any idea? Is it shedding? Or maybe he scraped it off somehow?

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I noticed this on my boys leg. Any idea? Is it shedding? Or maybe he scraped it off somehow?
Have you recently aquired any new tortoises that this one has been around? The reason I'm asking is there's been a sickness going around in Sulcatas where they develop yellow patches on their skin. All the ones I've seen have been young Tortoises though. I'm going to tag some folks looking into @Pastel Tortie @mastershake @Tom
 

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Have you recently aquired any new tortoises that this one has been around? The reason I'm asking is there's been a sickness going around in Sulcatas where they develop yellow patches on their skin. All the ones I've seen have been young Tortoises though. I'm going to tag some folks looking into @Pastel Tortie @mastershake @Tom
No other tortoises are around him.
 

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Have you recently aquired any new tortoises that this one has been around? The reason I'm asking is there's been a sickness going around in Sulcatas where they develop yellow patches on their skin. All the ones I've seen have been young Tortoises though. I'm going to tag some folks looking into @Pastel Tortie @mastershake @Tom

What is this disease and does it affect other species?
 

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To our knowledge, only hatchling and baby sulcata are affected.

I should add to this, "to our knowledge, only hatchling and baby sulcata are affected at this time.

This is a highly contagious disease, and any baby with yellow spots or bumps must be separated from any other tortoises.
 

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Single species in hopeful but still sad news. Someone on this forum has basically accused a certain Florida dealer/importer for this "plague". As I understand. Is there truth to this or just someones sour grapes?
 

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Single species in hopeful but still sad news. Someone on this forum has basically accused a certain Florida dealer/importer for this "plague". As I understand. Is there truth to this or just someones sour grapes?

The "dealer/importer" that he referenced is where several of the babies who died were bought from. There are no sour grapes involved.
 

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